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  •  +39 0984/494651
  •  +39 0984/494651
  •  roberto.bruno@unical.it
  •  Cube 44C - 3rd Floor
  • SSD:  ING-IND/11 - BUILDING PHYSICS AND BUILDING ENERGY SYSTEMS
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BRUNO Roberto
Responsible for Research Activities at qualified Italian and foreign institutes, participation in research projects of national character, in particular of the National Operational Program "Research and Competitiveness" PON04a2_E-SINER-GREEN-RES NOVAE, PON01_02061, PON01_01366, and POR Calabria FESR 2014/2020 e 2007/2013. He has been a speaker at national and international congresses concerning the sector of Environmental Technical Physics and author/coauthor of over 100 scientific papers, of which 34 on Scopus journals. He is an effective member of the national association AICARR "Air Conditioning Heating and Refrigeration Air" since 2005, a member of the Italian Thermotechnical Association (ATI) as a full member from 15/07/2006 and member of IBPSA International Buildings Performance Simulationa Association
Selected Publications

Bevilacqua P., F. Benevento, Bruno R., Arcuri N., “Are Trombe walls suitable passive systems for the reduction of the yearly building energy requirements?”, Energy, https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.energy.2019.07.003
Bruno R., Bevilacqua P., Arcuri N., “Assessing cooling energy demands with the EN ISO 52016-1 quasi-steady approach in the Mediterranean area”, Journal of Building Engineering, N°24, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.jobe.2019.100740
Bruno R., Bevilacqua P., Cuconati T., Arcuri N., “Energy evaluations of an innovative multi-storey wooden near Zero Energy Building designed for Mediterranean areas”, Applied Energy N° 238, 2019, pp. 929-941, https:// doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.12.035
Bruno R., Bevilacqua P., Cuconati G., Arcuri N., “An innovative compact facility for the measurement of the thermal properties of building materials: first experimental results”, Applied Thermal Engineering N° 141, 2018, pp., https:// doi.org/10.1016/ j.applthermaleng.2018.06.023

Lines of Research

Thermal analysis of building components using a climatic chambe
Passive systems in buildings to reduce thermal energy needs
Measurement of climatic quantities.
Near Zero Energy Buildings.
Double skin systems in existing buildings
Innovative technologies for building air conditioning

Thesis Proposals and Topics
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